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Maka:
Every single time lately I'm surprised by the Passion picks. Like, how is it that Yuko, someone who I haven't seen any fanart of at all (Aiko had the barrel joke going on regarding her measurements, so she's sort of an in-joke like Mizuki is I guess) has a CD while Yui, Yuki, and ESPECIALLY Shizuku don't?
Not surprised by the rest of the picks, although I'm surprised it took this long for Nao and Karen to get CDs.
MetalPredat0r:
--- Quote from: Maka on February 22, 2014, 10:46:20 pm ---Every single time lately I'm surprised by the Passion picks. Like, how is it that Yuko, someone who I haven't seen any fanart of at all (Aiko had the barrel joke going on regarding her measurements, so she's sort of an in-joke like Mizuki is I guess) has a CD while Yui, Yuki, and ESPECIALLY Shizuku don't?
Not surprised by the rest of the picks, although I'm surprised it took this long for Nao and Karen to get CDs.
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Yeah, Passion does have a tendency to go for Unexpected Characters (TvTropes lingo FTW) when some highly popular characters like the ones you mentioned don't get much. (Wasn't Natalia one of the first to get a Rare card?) Nao and Karen were fairly predictable since they are friends with Rin Shibuya, the game's poster girl, and they, along with Syoko (and Nina and Momoka, who oddly enough were not announced for the sixth batch), have been teased since the Animated PV that came out in November.
Aiko Barrel Jokes? Please link! XD!
RoninatorMarx:
--- Quote from: RisingStar on February 22, 2014, 02:31:48 pm ---NEW BATCH INCOMING!!
CM 026 Syoko Hoshi
CM 027 Nao Kamiya
CM 028 Karen Hojo
CM 029 Sae Kobayakawa
CM 030 Yuko Hori
Momoka and Nina are probably planned for later. But yeah, Sae was going to get a CD sooner or later, it was destined.
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--- Quote from: MetalPredat0r on February 22, 2014, 11:11:16 pm ---
--- Quote from: Maka on February 22, 2014, 10:46:20 pm ---Every single time lately I'm surprised by the Passion picks. Like, how is it that Yuko, someone who I haven't seen any fanart of at all (Aiko had the barrel joke going on regarding her measurements, so she's sort of an in-joke like Mizuki is I guess) has a CD while Yui, Yuki, and ESPECIALLY Shizuku don't?
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Yeah, Passion does have a tendency to go for Unexpected Characters (TvTropes lingo FTW) when some highly popular characters like the ones you mentioned don't get much. (Wasn't Natalia one of the first to get a Rare card?)
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Yuko surprised me on this, to be honest. The rest, I can understand. If I have to try and put a reason in it, I have to guess that the Passion-type is the least popular type in the game, personality-wise. The last election showed how Cool-types dominated the general fanbase opinion, with Cute coming at a far second. Passion-type are probably not that standout among the fans. And since they're following a formula as we've talk about waaay back, Namco must've decided to just give the idols who are popular and interesting enough from the Passion group and give them the CD slots.
That said, I'm expecting they have assigned a well-known seiyuu for Yuko to help in their sales. Personality-wise, Yuko's interesting enough, so it's either they're taking a gamble or there's something the people of this forum missed (and I can't answer that because I dunno too). I'm not saying that everyone else is not as interesting, but like I said, it's a gamble, and Namco placed Yuko on the table.
As for Natalia, they probably haven't found a seiyuu who can do her justice and/or get her for a fair talent fee.
But hey, that's just a theory.
MetalPredat0r:
--- Quote from: RoninatorMarx on February 23, 2014, 11:16:45 am ---Yeah, Passion does have a tendency to go for Unexpected Characters (TvTropes lingo FTW) when some highly popular characters like the ones you mentioned don't get much. (Wasn't Natalia one of the first to get a Rare card?)
Yuko surprised me on this, to be honest. The rest, I can understand. If I have to try and put a reason in it, I have to guess that the Passion-type is the least popular type in the game, personality-wise. The last election showed how Cool-types dominated the general fanbase opinion, with Cute coming at a far second. Passion-type are probably not that standout among the fans. And since they're following a formula as we've talk about waaay back, Namco must've decided to just give the idols who are popular and interesting enough from the Passion group and give them the CD slots.
That said, I'm expecting they have assigned a well-known seiyuu for Yuko to help in their sales. Personality-wise, Yuko's interesting enough, so it's either they're taking a gamble or there's something the people of this forum missed (and I can't answer that because I dunno too). I'm not saying that everyone else is not as interesting, but like I said, it's a gamble, and Namco placed Yuko on the table.
As for Natalia, they probably haven't found a seiyuu who can do her justice and/or get her for a fair talent fee.
But hey, that's just a theory.
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Very believable theory. Although this wasn't much of the case back in 2012, when they dominated four out of the five top spots, with Airi winning the vote. Even then, the only truly stick out Passion types in terms of the fanbase are (from what I've seen) Mio, the Jougasaki Sisters, Kirari, and Shizuku. (I can think of two big reasons as to why Shizuku is popular.)
Also, you got a point when it comes to Natalia. Not many seiyuu that I actually know about (I'm much more knowledgeable about American Voice Actors, anyway) can pull of Brazilian Foreigner with broken Japanese. And Sushi. :p
Maka:
The barrel joke came from Aiko's measurements, she's basically a line straight down.
I think that is a good point regarding their picks for passion. Even when the game started, it was always much less popular than the other types... So I think their focus for those picks is less popularity now- since all the most popular girls like the Jougasaki sisters, Kirari, and Airi have gotten CDs- and more who they can get an interesting song and a seiyuu for.
Unrelated, but I'd like to applaud whoever worked on this, because... Wow.
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